NORTH ROBINSON – Two important things happened for Colonel Crawford after its 79-39 victory against Crestline on Saturday night in Mac Morrison Gymnasium.

The Eagles (19-0, 15-0) guaranteed themselves at least a share of the inaugural Northern 10 Conference title, and coach David Sheldon surpassed Dave Froelich — who coached Colonel Crawford from 1983-92 — as the winningest coach in school history.

In his nine years with the Eagles, Sheldon has compiled a 140-63 record. Froelich's mark was 139-61.

"There are three things when you think about this in my nine years: No. 1, I've had an unbelievable administration — from the guy that hired me, Mr. Ted Bruner; to my superintendent, Mr. Todd Martin; my principal, Jake Bruner; and the board of education," Sheldon said.

"When we came here nine years ago, we set the foundation for a program, and those people have allowed me to coach these kids."

The second thing he attributed his success to was his players.

"We've had great players that have bought into a program from the elementary (level) all the way up, and they want to be the next ones to rise; every one of my players is like a son to me," he said.

"No. 3, I've had unbelievable assistant coaches. They're as big a part of this as anybody else. From coach (Nate) Hill, my varsity assistant, to Brett Kaple, Zac Bauer and the guys before them and the junior high and elementary (coaches)."

During Saturday's victory, Sheldon's squad shot 59 percent from the floor and ripped down 24 rebounds. Todd Entenmann led all scorers with 21 points, Owen Adams added 20, and Dylan Gulley and Derek Burkhart contributed 15 and 10, respectively. Adams and Will Kirkpatrick also grabbed five boards apiece, and Gulley had six assists.

For Crestline (2-16, 1-13), Nate Coffman tallied 12 points and five boards, and Zach Gregory chipped in 11 points. As a team, the Bulldogs knocked down 40 percent of their shots and gathered 17 rebounds.

"I thought we hung around in the first half," Crestline coach Colby Bright. said. "We know (the Eagles) are really good, but being the eternal optimist, we talked at halftime and said if we can take it from 17 (points down) and just chip away at it, we'd see what we could do and make a game out of it in the fourth quarter."

However, Colonel Crawford dropped the hammer in the third quarter — hitting 9-of-11 shots, including 6-of-7 from behind the arc, to take a commanding 66-30 lead. Adams knocked down a trio of 3-pointers in the quarter, and Gulley made two and Entenmann one.

"It was game, set, match at that point," Bright said.

Up next for the 'Dogs is a home game against Mohawk on Thursday. The Eagles will continue their quest for sole possession of the N10 title against Buckeye Central on Saturday in Mac Morrison Gymnasium.

"It was neat to get a lot of guys in at home and win a league championship, but we've got a long way to go," Sheldon said.

"We want to go one more game. Now you get greedy because you don't want to share this thing. We want to win this thing outright."

This is Colonel Crawford's fourth conference crown since Sheldon became the Eagles' coach.